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Wednesday, 28 September 2016

So somewhat belatedly following on from the last post - my apologies - here are some of the yummy things I ate in Milan.

I was keen to try out Tigellas which I had read about on Tripadvisor

Basically it is a cold cuts board served with "tigelle" which are little round Italian flatbreads and a version of fried gnocchi patties which blow up like little pillows, and lots of dips - including Nutella to finish with LOL! The tigelle are served warm in a paper bag and they can even do gluten free ones. The prices were very reasonable here too and it was very popular with locals.

I put a selection of the meats and cheese on a plate and the tigelle pockets (top) and fried gnocchi patties (bottom) for me are those on the right, the gluten free ones are in the middle photo.

I really enjoyed the food at Tigella's as it was different.

On the day of my cookery class I did not need much to eat as I had eaten what I cooked for lunch. So in the evening before the ballet we found a nice restaurant in the Galleria Vittorio

Emanuele II called Il Gatta Rosso - The Red Cat.

The cover charge was expensive at €4 butthe fantastic basket of artisan breads made up for it, they were all delicious.

I had a beautiful pumpkin soup with croutons - just looking at it again is making my mouth water! The restaurant even provided ladies with those handbag hooks to hand on the table - I was impressed!

The only time I have drunk coffee in

years was in Milan and the hotel

receptionist made this

cute face in my cappuccino!

On my 2nd visit to Milan I found this great pizza place where you

can buy just a slice and a drink for €5.50 and it was perfect

for an informal, inexpensive meal, especially being on my

own and did not always feel like going to a restaurant.

No trip to Italy is ever complete without ICE CREAM!

Some of the gorgeous "coppas" I had from my favourite

gelateria Vaniglia (below)! They were only €5! The middle

bottom one was just a tub of ice cream I got on my way home

from the ballet!

Next time I will report on my cooking classes! Hope you enjoyed seeing some of the lovely food you have in Milan.

Thursday, 8 September 2016

Following on from my last post, Milan is a foodie heaven. You do not have to look far to find beautiful produce. On my last day I headed for the small fresh market of Largo V Alpini in the north west of Milan. It was very small but oh I was in fresh market heaven!

A huge display of fabulous fruit and veg!

I love the presentation of uniform vegetables:- round

courgettes, artichokes, radicchio and white onions

Courgette flowers - something of a delicacy - tomatoes,

peppers and the fabulous tree shaped romanescu

cauliflowers.

Every fruit imaginable pineapples, apples, strawberries, oranges....

I loved these rosettes of Chicorino they were beautiful and I have never seen them before.